Shu Chen

Chapter 392 Humiliation
Regardless of the perspective of people's livelihood or the significance of the war, Chang'an is the center of the Guanzhong Sanfu, and it is also the focus of the Han and Wei Dynasties.

It is impossible for Sima Yi to ignore it.

After reading the urgent report from Jingzhao County, he didn't feel angry, upset or melancholy.

Instead, he took a deep breath, put away all the distracting thoughts in his mind, and calmly and focused on the countermeasures.

A small leak will sink a great ship.

As a battle that can almost determine the situation of the Han and Wei Dynasties in the next ten years, some small mistakes or mistakes are inevitable. As long as there is a chance to make up for it, it will not affect the situation of the battle.But if the commander-in-chief cannot maintain a calm state of mind, and he raises troops in anger and fights in anger, then defeat is not far away.

Correct!
In Sima Yi's eyes, the Han army's departure from Ziwu Valley this time was nothing more than ringworm and scabies.

Don't say that the Han army only captured some villages and villages and destroyed some villages and roads. Even if Xia Houxuan was captured and killed, as long as Chang'an City was not breached, it was still within the acceptable range for the Wei army. .

With the current strength of the Han army, Gein could not resist Wei's counterattack even if he invaded Guanzhong and occupied several cities.

Naturally, he would not take this matter lightly.

Earlier, when Cao Zhen was alive, there was a case where the thief Zhang Mu gathered a crowd and turned against him, forcing the army to return in defeat.

Now that the Han army suddenly appeared under the city of Chang'an, the old capital of the great Han Dynasty, who would dare to assert that no one who thought of chaos would take the opportunity to stir up trouble among Li Shu?

Sima Yi didn't want to experience a civil uprising too.

Therefore, it is imperative to divide the troops and rush to Chang'an to defend, and to Anlishu's heart.

As for the fact that he is now confronting Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, whether the division of troops will eliminate his advantage, there is no need to worry about this.

He only needs to send five or six thousand soldiers to rush there!

Jingzhao County is the heart of Guanzhong, and the attack from the Ziwu Valley against Shu is a lonely army that goes deep and cannot last.

Today's surprise attack was successful, but it happened suddenly, and the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou and Guanzhong were unprepared.If the Peterli queen is still greedy, he will be trapped to death at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains by the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou and Guanzhong!

It doesn't take much thinking to know that the Luoyang Temple will inevitably lead Wang Chang, the general who conquered the South, to select thousands of elites from the two prefectures of Jing and Henan, and come to Jingzhao from Wuguan in Nanyang. It is the emperor Cao Rui.

Moreover, the military newspaper claimed that many Li Shu had been taken captive, so it was deduced that the Shu army would definitely withdraw their troops and return.

Otherwise, the consequences of Liu Bei, the former master of Shu, traveling too slowly because he brought his people across the river, and being overtaken by Wei Wu Cao Cao with tigers and leopards are a lesson from the past.

Furthermore, the supply of food and fodder could not allow the Shu army to stay for a long time.

Surprise raiders, because they marched secretly and quickly, it was absolutely impossible to carry sufficient food and fodder.

However, the wheat in the Guanzhong military station is not yet ripe, and Nishu has always boasted of benevolence and righteousness. There has never been such a thing as breaking up the villages and seizing the grain of the common people to supply the army.

Counting the time, perhaps when he sent troops to Chang'an, the Shu army had already retreated to Hanzhong.

What really made Sima Yi hesitate was who to lead the troops to.

Not that no one is available.

Rather, he intends to take advantage of this incident to turn Chang'an's defense Xia Houxuan into a nominal one.

This stick is useless!
They were frightened before the battle, and fled when they saw the enemy!
He didn't even think about it, just as the Han and Wei dynasties were fighting for the top, what impact would his cowardice have on him!
May I ask, born in the family of Qiao Pei Yuanxun, Xiahou Boren was afraid of Shu like a tiger after Xiahou Boren, and other Guanzhong generals An Neng fought fiercely?
Can the Guanzhong scholar Shuan think that the Wei army can win this battle?

At this time, Sima Yi didn't want to think about the relationship between the two families' previous in-laws.

Anyway, his eldest son, Sima Shi, has been reborn, and Cao Zhen, Xia Houxuan's uncle, has been dead for several years, and the emperor Cao Rui will not accuse him of seizing power because of this.

The big picture matters.

However, it is necessary to carefully consider the candidate who can make Xia Houxuan not dare to defy the surrender of military power.

Du Xi, the military adviser who once despised Xia Houshang as a man, was originally the best candidate.However, at the beginning of this year, he was recruited to Luoyang for recuperation due to frequent illnesses.

The qualifications of Xue Ti, the guard, are also acceptable.

However, he came from a poor family and was quite sophisticated in his dealings with others. Before that, he was often sent by Wei Wu Cao Cao to reconcile the conflicts between the various ministries, and he was afraid that he would not want to seize power.

After much deliberation, Sima Yi finally decided to let Guan Qiujian lead the army.

For one thing, Guanqiu Jian's official position is the governor of Yongzhou, and it is not too much to go to take over the military power of Chang'an.

The other is that he is the former minister of the emperor Cao Rui's latent residence after the general's door. Even if Xia Houxuan was unwilling, he would not dare to presumptuous.

But after he left, the chief general guarding Gaoping City had to be reappointed.

Although, with Gaoping's reputation as "the first city", there is no need to worry about being attacked by Nishu.

However, Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, even used the scheduling of rushing out of the Meridian Valley. How could it be possible that he did not reserve troops and horses in Xiaoguan, and after the main force of his supervisor came to Chencang, he frequently came out to disturb the grain roads of various ministries in Hexi?
The person in charge of Gaoping City must have the ability to coordinate the overall situation.

That is to say, he only has the guard Xue Ti to choose from.

Ugh.
Si Ding wrote, and after finishing the book and passing the seal order to the guards on duty, Sima Yi sighed softly, and tiredness quickly covered his face.

He regretted letting Guo Huai's troops go to Hexi.

There is also a strategy of Hu Zun and Deng Ai's troops going south to the fortress of Yuyin, deliberately leaving the defenses south of Helan Mountain empty to lure the enemy.

Because now it seems that he is unnecessary.

Qin Lang, Guo Huai, Xia Houru and other ministries, as well as the Wuhuan Tuqi who came to reinforce them later, totaled more than [-], which greatly weakened the strength of the main force in Guanzhong.

But the result was nothing more than forcing Nishu Hexi to send out all his troops.

It can be said that the gain outweighs the loss!
Not to mention the food, fodder and supplies that the army consumes daily.

After a lot of grain and fodder were transferred to Luoyang to relieve the famine at the beginning of the year, the grain and fodder accumulated in Guanzhong for several years was not abundant.

At least, based on the attrition of the more than [-] troops currently mobilized, the grain harvested this year must be used.

In other words, he suddenly discovered that he, who originally had the strategic advantage and superiority in military strength, had a faint tendency to reverse his strengths and weaknesses under several inconspicuous adjustments by Shu Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.

Well, it's useless to think too much.

In any case, today's advantage is still on Wei Jun's side.

As long as he ordered the soldiers and horses in all parts of Guanzhong to fortify and deep trenches, and did not give Nishu a chance for a quick battle, he would still be able to achieve the original strategic intention of consuming Nishu's war heritage.

Sima Yi, who comforted himself in this way, stood up according to the case, put aside the worries just now, and stepped out of the Dudu Mansion to inspect the city defense and the situation of soldiers leaving the camp.

However, will the prime minister do what he wants?

It's autumn and July.

As Sima Yi expected, before Guanqiu Jian's warlord arrived at Jingzhao County, Guan Xing's troops escaped into the Qinling Valley Road and returned; and Xiaoguan in Anding County was also harassed by Han troops.

After the main force of the Wei army went south, Zhao Guang's troops no longer guarded the Wushui River Valley, but joined Wang Ping and Ju Fu's troops to leave Xiaoguan.

There are not too many soldiers and horses, they are worthy of [-] paces.

Restricted by the fact that the Wei army set up more garrisons in Anding County, and the Hongdu governor Wuhuan Tuqi was on the side to restrain him, Zhao Guang's department did not attack the Wei army's grain transportation team as he wished.

But Wang Ping and Ju Fu succeeded several times.

The soldiers under the supervision of Gai Yinjufu were all banyanmen; while the soldiers under the supervision of Wang Ping were the former "Five Tribes of Qingqiang", which were renamed "Wudang" and "Flying Army" by the prime minister after the expansion of recruitment. .

They are all the elite Chinese army of the great man!
Although the combined forces of the two armies numbered no more than [-], Wei Hujun Xue Ti could not contain them even if he supervised more than [-] men to encircle them.

The two armies fought fiercely in the field.

The Han army, which was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, defeated the Wei army in one fell swoop, beheading more than a thousand people.

If it weren't for the fact that the place where the fighting broke out was a little far away from Xiaoguan, Wang Ping and Ju Fu worried that going too deep into the enemy's territory would cut off their way back, so they didn't pursue them, and they might not know how many Wei troops were captured.

But the effect is remarkable.

After this battle, the Wei State's food transportation team all bypassed Chaona County far away, adding to the suffering of the soldiers and Li Shu's transit.

And it also affected the scheduling of Xiahou Confucianism Department.

After the war, the right general Wu Ban, who was left by the prime minister in charge of all affairs in Longyou, came to guard Xiaoguan in person, allowing Zhao Guang, Jufu and Wang Ping to go to Zuli County separately.

It is not only the intention to march into the Wushui River Valley, but also the plan to march soldiers along the Zuli River into the Hanping River.

In this regard, Xue Ti, who was defeated for a while, had to strictly guard the Wushui River Valley, and wrote a book to warn Xia Houru, so that he could prepare early.

When Xiahouru got to tell the time, he immediately jumped into a rage.

How can he calmly guard against it?

Just protecting the back road of Guo Huai's tribe and facing Wei Yan's covetous eyes is enough to make him exhausted, and now he has to divide his troops to guard the rear to prevent being attacked?
Yes, divide the troops.

The Hu Zun tribe who besieged the fortress of Yuyin cannot be transferred away.

Otherwise, the Han army in the fortress might take the opportunity to go out of the city to attack and burn the Wei army's grain and supplies.

After all, the lone army trapped for more than half a year has not had its morale collapsed or its morale fluctuated so far, which is enough to prove that the guards are popular, the soldiers are elite, and they do not lack the courage and courage to sneak out of the city and attack.

However, rage doesn't solve anything.

In desperation, Xia Houru had no choice but to mobilize 2000 soldiers from his own department and Hu Zun's department to squeeze out [-] people, and they all camped in front of Hanpingchuan on guard.

In other words, for Wei Yanbu, Xia Houru no longer has the advantage in military strength.

Because Liao Hua and Yan Yu quietly sent [-] soldiers into Wei Yan's army, the Wei Army scouts did not detect it, and Xia Houru naturally did not know about it.

Military information such as the war that broke out in Anding County and the deployment and mobilization of troops in the Fortress of Yinyin soon spread to Chencang City and fell on Sima Yi's case.

In a disguised form, it contributed to his determination: go out to fight in the city!
Because of the actions of Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, he could no longer stand still and stand still.

Of course!

The Prime Minister, who had been in the camp at the San Pass for more than a month without any movement, finally marched again.

But instead of sending troops across the Weishui River to attack Chencang, they went east along the Weishui River to the exit of Baoxie Valley (in the area of ​​Wuzhangyuan).

The move seemed haphazard.

Why did the teacher mobilize the crowd to go to Wuzhangyuan?

If the intention is to attack Mei County, wouldn't it be fine to go straight from Baoxie Valley when sending troops earlier?

But Sima Yi could guess the intention of the Han army.

Judging from the time, when the Han army moved to Wuzhangyuan, it happened to be the time when the wheat in the fields was ripe.Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, made this move to feed his desires on the enemy and resolve the shortage of food and fodder and the difficulty of transportation in Bashu!
It is also silently humiliating Sima Yi!
Let me ask, Sima Yi has the superiority in military strength and is fighting in his own territory, but the prime minister regards him as nothing, drives his troops as if entering a deserted land, and harvests wheat for food.
Isn't this laughing at Sima Yi's incompetence and despising his fear of war, how else can he explain it? !

And can Sima Yi stand still?

Even if he doesn't care about his personal reputation and suppresses the anger of being humiliated, how can he avoid the loss of morale of the soldiers in Guanzhong?
How to justify Cao Rui, the emperor of Luoyang, and the princes of Gonggun?

(End of this chapter)